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No. 274.255. tented Lrm. Z0, 1883.

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[UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE D. BARR, OF GREENVILLE, SOTH CAROLINA.

PEPPER CRUT AND MILL.

`SIECIII`ICA'.I.ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,255, dated March 20, 1883.

` Applicaties ered February 1.1883. (No model.)

To all 'whom it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. BARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville Court House, in the county of Greenville and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Pepper Ornet and Mill, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in cruets for holding pepper or spices in the grain, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out specifically in the claim.

In the drawings forming part of this specilication, Figure l is a vertical section of the cruet. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the mill-shaft. Fig. 3 is a top view of the mill-cylinder. Fig. 4 is a top view of the cruet and handle. Figs. 5 and 6 show the supporting-spider which sustains the mill-shaft.

A is the shell of a cruet, made in the present instance of wood, bone, or ivory, and hence the walls are very substantial. The cruet can be made of any suitable material, and when ot' metal-such as silver, white-metal, or other similar material-the walls will be much thinner. The drawings are designed to represent the shape of a barrel with hoops,wbich are seen in section ata aaa. The upper partof thecruet, A', is designed to hold the grains of pepper or spice, which can be introduced through a hole,

i a', in the top of the cruet, and which -is covered by a cap-plate, c, screwed to the top by a screw, a. The bottom part ofthe cruet, A, is opened at the end.

Within the cruet A is fastened a cylindrical grinding-bed, B, (shown in section, Fig. 1,) its' lower beveled surface, b, being cut into sharp ridges, and the upper beveled part, b', acting as a hopper to convey the grains to the grindingcutters O on the end of the mill-shaft O'. y (Seen in section, Fig. 1, and in elevation, Fig. 2.) This `5. By this screw d the mill is set tineorcoarse to suit thewants of the use-r. y

This cruet is designed to be used at the table by each person wanting pepper, Src., and by means of the adjusting-scre\`v d the article can be used fine or coarse, as may be desired. Thel article, when ground, willdrop into the plate or dish from the lower end ofthe cruet, A, as it is held up by one hand, and the handle can be turned by the other hand.

I am aware that it is not new to grind pepper in a caster, as shown in the patent to P.

Chalets, December 17, 1878, and I do not broadly claim such a device; but

What I do claim is l The pepper-cruet having within it aremovalole cylinder provided interiorly with a grinding-surface, the vert-ical shaft having `at its lower end a grinding-cone to correspond with the grinding-surface of the cylinder, the trivet with its adj usting-screw to set the grindingsur-` faces near to each other orapart, and the handle at the upper end ot' the shaft, all combined substantially as and for the purpose described. In testimony whereofI afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. BARR. Witnesses:

GHAs. A. MERRIGK, J. W. N IcHoLs. 

